2Chron 1, 1Kings 3-4, Ps 72 There is a saying these days: what is on your bucket list or what is on your wish list. Did you ever think God would want to know what is on yours? After a very long day of celebration fitting for a new king, Solomon retired for the night […]
Psalm 119: Many of us have scores of Bibles at our fingertips, bookstores galore, and many different websites that offering different versions of the Bible. But, the early Israelites learned through oral recitation using the memory aid tool: “abecedaries,” just like children today learn their A-B-C’s in a sing-song fashion. All 176 verses of this […]
1Kings 1-2, Ps 37, 71, 94 “Usurpers Beware” The game of chess is like the story before us today. In chess, the first player with a white piece starts, alternating between white and black, and continues until only one piece is the winner. Adonijah, thinking of himself as heir apparent, saw his opportunity to declare […]
Psalm 111 to 118: Ps 111 Praising God with our whole heart! Ps 112 Praising God who blesses those who obey Him and take great delight in keeping His commands Ps 113 Praising God you servants, praise His name both now and forevermore Ps 114 Praising God for His care over Israel Ps 115 Praising […]
1Chron 26-29; Ps 127 As David closed his reign and set Solomon to begin, he had one more thing to do: prepare the gifts out of “his” treasury to finance the building of the temple. David said: “Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold […]
“The God of Psalm 139 knows you. Do you know Him?” From sunrise to sunset or when time began and is evermore before us, the psalmist reminds us through visual imagery that we serve an omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient God! Throughout scripture, different authors portray God as an eternal being aware of our being. Hagar […]
1Chron 23 to 25: David made sure that he organized the Temple duties so that the services would run smoothly. He wanted his son to understand how explicit God is about decency and order. Do we do the same for Christ’s church? Paul wrote: “And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.” [1Cor 14:40] There is an old adage that […]
Ps 108 “Beginning and Ending with God!” How do you begin your day, with or without a time alone with God? How do you end your day? King David was both a morning person and also a night owl. Although busy with kingdom issues, David found time alone with God in reading and prayer. God […]
1 Chronicles 21-22; 2 Samuel 24; Psalm 30 It is hard to understand these chapters without the Holy Spirit to intervene to enlighten us and sometimes He uses seasoned preachers/scholars to help us beyond that. Perhaps you are like this author. You too have a lot of trouble because we can’t see the forest for […]
Psalm 95: Every day we are to step aside from our work and spend time with God. On the first day of the week, we join others in worship in a place set aside just for that. The psalmist encourages that time by repeating “let us,” thus asking all of us to join together by […]
